Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-10
000116326
Contested design: 008535124-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008535124-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Spyra GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Tengstr. 34, 80796 München, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Zaoye Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm.601-07, Jinhu Cultural Bldg., No. 1022, Beihuan Ave., Yinhu Community, Qingshuihe St., Luohu Dist, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (5)
water toy gun
RCD No 008019996-0001 · disclosed 2020-09-07
water toy gun
RCD No 008019996-0002 · disclosed 2020-09-07
water toy gun
RCD No 008435754-0001 · disclosed 2021-02-23
water toy gun
RCD No 008435754-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-02-23
water toy gun
RCD No 008435754-0003 · disclosed 2021-02-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over five earlier RCDs published before the contested design’s filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division treated prior design D2.2 as validly disclosed and found broad designer freedom for water toy guns apart from standard functional features.
- ›It held that the similarities in overall shape, arrangement, and colour distribution outweighed the differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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